Barbara Jordan - But this is the great danger America faces. That we will cease to be one nation and...

Barbara Jordan Zitate

But this is the great danger America faces. That we will cease to be one nation and become instead a collection of interest groups: city against suburb, region against region, individual against individual. Each seeking to satisfy private wants.

Barbara Jordan

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Aber das ist die große Gefahr, vor der Amerika steht. Dass wir aufhören werden, eine Nation zu sein und stattdessen eine Ansammlung von Interessengruppen zu werden: Stadt gegen Vorort, Region gegen Region, Individuum gegen Individuum. Jeder sucht nach privaten Wünschen.

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